Informed Comment - Part 1445

Maybe Oil was a bad Idea: Temps in Mideast Beat Heat Records for E. Hemisphere

By Deirdre Fulton, staff writer | Commondreams.org ) – – “I’ve never seen Celsius temps like these on a weather map before,” climate scientist Michael […]

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Israel/ Palestine

Israeli squatters fire on, threaten Palestinians on their private land

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israeli settlers verbally attacked Palestinian residents of the town of al-Khader in the southern occupied West […]

Juan Cole

journalism

How Roger Ailes at Fox killed Journalism and gave us George W. Bush

By Russell Frank | (The Conversation) | – – Roger Ailes’ 20-year reign as the chairman of Fox News ended this week, the result of […]

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Is Russia deepening Cooperation with US in Syria, or hitting US Bases?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – About a week ago, Russian warplanes bombed a Syrian base used by the US and the […]

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Entertainment

GOP Convention Roundup: Jon Stewart Resurfaces on Colbert’s Late Show

Jon Stewart/ Stephen Colbert | (The Late Show video Clip) | – – “Some stories, like the ouster of Fox News chairman Roger Ailes, are […]

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Iraq

Will Iraq’s next Government be . . . Iran-backed Shiite Militias?

By Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) | – – The [so-called] Islamic State [IS] group has caused a realignment of Iraq’s political map. Next […]

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Israel/ Palestine

Israeli Army Uproots Olive Trees in Salfit, “Settlers Only” Road to be Opened

IMEMC | – – Israeli soldiers, on Wednesday, uprooted olive trees in the village of Deir Istiya, Salfit governorate, under the pretext of opening a […]

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